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3:12pm, 5th April, 2019

Nebraska woman says carrying her gay son's baby was her gift

When Cecile Eledge offered to carry a baby for her adult son and his husband, they thought she was kidding - and that her doctors in the family's Nebraska hometown would balk at a 61-year-old woman serving as a surrogate for a gay couple.

Missouri towns brace for more flooding as Nebraska cleans up

5:45pm, 20th March, 2019

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Missouri towns brace for more flooding as Nebraska cleans up

Small Missouri towns on Wednesday prepared for the next wave of flooding along the snow-melt-swollen Missouri River after high waters wreaked nearly $1.5 billion in damage in Nebraska, and officials warned the deadly disaster was far from over.

Pence arrives in Nebraska as U.S. Midwest reels from historic floods

7:14pm, 19th March, 2019

Politics

Pence arrives in Nebraska as U.S. Midwest reels from historic floods

Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Nebraska on Tuesday to survey the devastation unleashed across the U.S. Midwest by floods that have killed four people and caused more than a billion dollars in damage to crops, livestock and roads.

Missouri River flooding catches small Nebraska town off guard

6:52pm, 19th March, 2019

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Missouri River flooding catches small Nebraska town off guard

When Jim and Rose Downing heard forecasts last week for dangerously high water in their Nebraska hometown on the Missouri River, they were nonplussed since their house had not flooded in 100 years.

4:33am, 19th March, 2019

Politics

Pence to tour Nebraska flood zone

Vice President Mike Pence is due to travel to Nebraska on Tuesday to tour the devastation left by floods in the Midwest which have killed at least three people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

Nebraska floods inundate military bases, cut off nuclear plant

3:41pm, 18th March, 2019

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Nebraska floods inundate military bases, cut off nuclear plant

Flooding that killed three people in Nebraska and Iowa has cut roads to a nuclear power plant and inundated a significant portion of a major U.S. Air Force base, while more of region's residents faced the possibility of evacuation on Monday.

Nebraska nuclear plant still at full power after preparing for flooding

7:49am, 18th March, 2019

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Nebraska nuclear plant still at full power after preparing for flooding

Nebraska Public Power District's (NPPD) Cooper nuclear plant in Nebraska was still operating at full power early Monday after the company said on Friday it was preparing for possible flooding, according to a report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulato...

Historic floods hit Nebraska after 'bomb cyclone' storm

8:49pm, 16th March, 2019

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Historic floods hit Nebraska after 'bomb cyclone' storm

Large parts of Nebraska and the U.S. Central Plains were underwater on Saturday after a late-winter "bomb cyclone" storm triggered historic flooding along the Missouri and Platte rivers, causing two deaths, tearing apart homes and swallowing roadways...

Nebraska preps nuclear plant for possible flooding, no public danger

2:08pm, 15th March, 2019

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Nebraska preps nuclear plant for possible flooding, no public danger

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) on Friday declared an "unusual event" at its Cooper nuclear power station in Nebraska due to the possibility of flooding along the Missouri River following a powerful winter storm this week.

Nebraska carries out its first execution since 1997

12:18pm, 14th August, 2018

US

Nebraska carries out its first execution since 1997

Nebraska carried out its first execution in 21 years on Tuesday by administering a lethal injection to its longest-serving death row inmate, a man who was convicted of killing two taxi drivers in 1979.

Nebraska to carry out its first execution in two decades

5:53am, 14th August, 2018

US

Nebraska to carry out its first execution in two decades

Nebraska plans to carry out its first execution in 21 years on Tuesday by delivering a lethal injection to a man convicted of killing two taxi drivers in 1979.